Casbah: “Cheated by Pose, All Left Are Bones!”
If the name Casbah doesn't summon images of zealous Japanese thrashers dressed in camo fatigues, you aren't alone -- the band has become one...
Paul Stanley’s Lousy Paintings
Paul Stanley of Kiss is going through his "blue-fauvist-whee-this-is-fun" period as an artist. It's fun to watch a creative spirit grow and learn --...
Marooned With Maiden
I wrote an essay on Iron Maiden's Killers for the new book Marooned: The Next Generation of Desert Island Discs. It was easy to...
Atomic Opera: Lost in Florida
I reached for a '90s death metal demo, and instead grabbed this winning example from 1985 of what can only be called the NWOFHM:...
Jailed Filipino Michael Jackson Zombies
The ante for most metal video ever has just been upped. Here are 1499 inmates from the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center terrorizing...
Metal Dude Wearing Non-Metal Tee #1
This series is basically meant to blow your idea of "hipster metal" dress codes out of the water. I need to protect my right...
Hyste’riah: The Tragic Tale of Swedish Thrash
Great news in Grimpoint today, as it looks like my publishing imprint Bazillion Points will be printing the amazing Swedish Death Metal book in...
Coalition of the W!77iN6
This notice isn't for all of you, only the self-selecting few who appreciate Sun City Girls, Trial of the Bow, Tribes of Neurot, Borbetomagus,...
Chthonic at Ozzfest Debut
The first free Ozzfest is today at White River Amphitheater in Seattle. Jose and Mario from Sirius Hard Attack are there handing out T-shirts...
Cremains: Warriors of Ice, The Next Generation
One of the first futuristic necro-tribes spawned in the wake of Voivod's mid-80s ascent from Montreal, the thrash squad Cremains combined the Voivod vision...
Hetfield or Hezbollah?
In honor of James Hetfield's alleged meet and greet with airport security officials in London, where the UK bombsniffers reportedly mistook his new Tom...
Shining Schuldiner
"Some of you might not know this, but we have a new record out on Combat Records. It's all about corrupt religion. This is...
Assassin: “Deathly Pain to Frau Krause”
I don't know who Frau Krause is, or Herr Keul or Frau Schultz, but they must be pretty horrible people to deserve wishes of...
Forty Tons of Steel + Fire
The Serpent Mother is a 168-foot, 40-ton sculpture of steel and fire that shoots a multicolored 50-foot pillar of flame from its cute little...
Dead Horse: Death Hears This Dead Horse Demo
The Bang! Bang! demo rescue pile is tall and diverse, filled with early appearances of famous metal characters, integral puzzle pieces of dark history,...
"Metal Al Piso"
Jaime writes: "METAL AL PISO -- This is the expression that we use here, in Bogota, Colombia, to express that someone like me loves...
Cyclone: Belgian Blurr
What's that thing hanging out in the middle of Cyclone's logo - a bloody disembodied foxtail? As this speed metal thresher worked its way...
Everybody Wants Some
Sheeyit...it's finally happening. My Van Halen history, Everybody Wants Some: The Van Halen Saga, will be published in hardcover on August 24. That above...